Rhetorical Analysis: An Introduction to Biblical Rhetoric

by Roland Meynet

Publisher:

Sheffield Academic Press

, 1998

Overview

The analysis of biblical rhetoric has been developed only in the last 250 years. The first half of this book outlines the history of the method known as rhetorical analysis in biblical studies, illustrated by numerous texts. The work of Lowth (who focused on parallelism), Bengel (who drew attention to chiasmus), Jebb and Boys (the method’s real founders at the turn of the nineteenth century), and Lund (the chief exponent in the mid-twentieth century) are all discussed, as is the current full blooming of rhetorical analysis. The second half of the book is a systematic account of the method, testing it on Psalms 113 and 146, on the first two chapters of Amos, and many other texts, especially from Luke.

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Key Features

• Preface by Paul Beauchamp
• Outlines the history of rhetorical analysis in biblical studies
• Systematic account of rhetorical analysis

Product Details

• Title: Rhetorical Analysis: An Introduction to Biblical Rhetoric
• Author: Roland Meynet
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Pages: 392

About Roland Meynet

Roland Meynet, a French Jesuit, is presently a professor of biblical theology at the Papal Gregorian University in Rome, and was the former director of its Department of Biblical Theology. He is a founding member and currently the secretary of the International Society for the Studies of Biblical and Semitic Rhetoric in Rome, and is one of the most important and renowned promoters of the rhetorical method as it applies to biblical and Semitic texts. His numerous books and academic articles have contributed significantly to contemporary biblical studies. In 2006, he was awarded the Grand prix de philosophie de l’Académie Française.